On 06.03.2011 09:01, Mulyadi Santosa wrote: > > Oh and I forgot my usual tips in such case: use qemu...attach gdb to > qemu's gdb stub.... use -s and -S options...it will stop the guest > invocation right from the initial startup. Assuming you compile guest > kernel with frame pointer and sufficient debug symbols, it would be > easy for you to explore the kernel code :) > Let me add some stuff to Your tips :). If we talking about qemu and gdb, if somebody doesn't like console-oriented tools (who doesn't ?? :) ), anyway there is possibility to use qemu and gdb with very popular IDE - Eclipse and trace execution of kernel code with "magnificent graphical interface".
The recipe how configure Eclipse + qemu + gdb : http://issaris.blogspot.com/2007/12/download-linux-kernel-sourcecode-from.html -- regards Andrzej Kardas http://www.linux.mynotes.pl _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
